Genesis 29:18
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And Jacob being in love with her, said: I will serve thee seven years for Rachel, thy younger daughter.

Genesis 24:67
Who brought her into the tent of Sara his mother, and took her to wife: and he loved her so much, that it moderated the sorrow which was occasioned by his mother's death.

Genesis 29:19
Laban answered: It is better that I give her to thee than to another man; stay with me.

Genesis 29:30
And having at length obtained the marriage he wished for, he preferred the love of the latter before the former, and served with him other seven years.

Genesis 30:26
Give me my wives, and my children, for whom I have served thee, that I may depart: thou knowest the service that I have rendered thee.

Hosea 12:12
Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and was a keeper for a wife.

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And Jacob being in love with her, said: I will serve thee seven years for Rachel, thy younger daughter.

loved.

Genesis 29:20,30 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel: and they seemed but a few days, because of the greatness of his love. . . .

I will serve.

Genesis 31:41 And in this manner have I served thee in thy house twenty years, fourteen for thy daughters, and six for thy flocks: thou hast changed also my wages ten times.

Genesis 34:12 Raise the dowry, and ask gifts, and I will gladly give what you shall demand: only give me this damsel to wife.

Exodus 22:16,17 If a man seduce a virgin not yet espoused, and lie with her: he shall endow her, and have her to wife. . . .

2 Samuel 3:14 And David sent messengers to Isboseth the son of Saul, saying: Restore my wife Michol, whom I espoused to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

Hosea 3:2 And I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for a core of barley, and for half a core of barley.

Hosea 12:12 Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and was a keeper for a wife.

Context
Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel
17But Lia was blear-eyed: Rachel was well favoured, and of a beautiful countenance. 18And Jacob being in love with her, said: I will serve thee seven years for Rachel, thy younger daughter.19Laban answered: It is better that I give her to thee than to another man; stay with me.…
Lexicon
Since Jacob
יַעֲקֹ֖ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

loved
וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב (way·ye·’ĕ·haḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 157: To have affection f

Rachel,
רָחֵ֑ל (rā·ḥêl)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7354: Rachel -- a wife of Jacob

he answered,
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“I will serve
אֶֽעֱבָדְךָ֙ (’e·‘ĕ·ḇā·ḏə·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

you seven
שֶׁ֣בַע (še·ḇa‘)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

years
שָׁנִ֔ים (šā·nîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8141: A year

for your younger
הַקְּטַנָּֽה׃ (haq·qə·ṭan·nāh)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6996: Small, young, unimportant

daughter
בִּתְּךָ֖ (bit·tə·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter

Rachel.”
בְּרָחֵ֥ל (bə·rā·ḥêl)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7354: Rachel -- a wife of Jacob


Additional Translations
Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.

And Jacob loved Rachel. And he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve thee seven years for thy younger daughter Rachel.

And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

Jacob loved Rachel. He said, "I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter."

And Jacob loveth Rachel, and saith, 'I serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter:'
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